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Dr. Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication addressing participants at the Golden Jubilee of celebrations of the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), an entity of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Credit: Vatican Media

Communication Gift to Humanity “to weave communion”: Vatican Official at CEPACS Jubilee

Nov 21, 2023

Communication is a divine gift to humanity to facilitate the fostering of relationships and the realization of communion, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has said. 

A poster announcing the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS). Credit Lagos Archdiocese

Africa Bishops’ Communication Committee to Mark 50 Years with Focus on “Synodal Church”

Nov 15, 2023

The planned Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), an entity of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)  will be a moment to foster “a Synodal Church”.

Some of the participants at the ongoing seminar organized by the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP) in Uganda. Credit: Charles Ndawula UCAP President Uganda

Avoid “half-truths” in Environmental Reporting: African Catholic Journalists Told

Nov 8, 2023

Catholic journalists in Africa have been told to be more intentional in their work, and to desist from communicating half-baked stories and “half-truths” in their environmental reporting.

Some of the participants at the ongoing seminar organized by the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP) in Uganda. Credit: Charles Ndawula UCAP President Uganda

Vatican Official Lauds African Catholic Journalists for Environmental Awareness

Nov 7, 2023

The Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has lauded Catholic Journalists in Africa under the umbrella body of the Union of the African Catholic Press (UCAP) for their dedication to address environmental issues.

Dr. Paolo Ruffini addressing delegates at the of the Sixth SIGNIS World Congress 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Credit: SIGNIS

Focus on Dialogue, Not “on marketing of ideas”: Vatican Official to Catholic Journalists

Aug 17, 2022

The Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications has challenged Catholic communicators around the globe to foster dialogue in their practice of journalism and not the “marketing of ideas”.

SECAM members following presentations at their 19th Plenary Assembly in Accra, Ghana. Credit: ACI Africa

Vatican Official Urges Bishops in Africa to Tell Their Local Stories to “globalized world”

Jul 27, 2022

The Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications has challenged Catholic Bishops in Africa to voice their initiatives taken at the grassroots beyond their respective Episcopal Sees to the “globalized world”.

Dr. Paolo Ruffini addressing delegates of the 20th AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 12 July 2022. Credit: ACI Africa

News Reports Can Enhance “ecological ethics”: Vatican Official to Eastern Africa Bishops

Jul 13, 2022

The gathering, production, and dissemination of news reports has the ability to “help spread ecological ethics”, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has said.

Logo of the Communications Week (ComWEEK), an initiative of the Catholic Bishops in Nigeria seeking to promote media literacy in Catholic Parishes countrywide.  Credit: Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN)

Vatican Lauds Bishops in Nigeria for Spearheading Media Literacy Program at Grassroots

Feb 1, 2022

The leadership of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Communications has lauded Catholic Bishops in Nigeria for spearheading Communications Week (ComWEEK), a program that seeks to promote media literacy in Catholic Parishes all over the West African country.